Carnival of Souls

Herk Harvey & Raza Badiyi

About the Movie

A young woman in a small Kansas town survives a drag race accident, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route, she becomes haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, the eerily effective B-movie classic Carnival of Souls was intended to have “the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau”—and, with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score, it succeeds. Herk Harvey’s macabre masterpiece gained a cult following on late-night television and continues to inspire filmmakers today.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

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85%

Reviews Counted: 34

Fresh: 29

Rotten: 5

Average Rating: 7.4/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: Occasionally a feature film emerges from the midwest, although this is the first ever out of Lawrence, Kans, where a group of commercial film pros veered off into a try at producing theatrical entertainment. – Variety Staff, Variety, Jul 7, 2010